Outdoors and this is one way of them kind of participating in an event that maybe they wouldnt have done in the past. The challenge is also for charity, for the christie hospital in manchester. A fitness class raising funds, as well as making friends. Oh, it is so nice to see you all andy swiss, bbc news. Coverage on the London Marathon on the bbc tomorrow. The latest James Bond Film has had its release postponed for a third time as cinemas continue to struggle in the pandemic. No time to die was due to come out in october 2019 but because of production delays it was moved to april 2020. It was pushed back again to november because of coronavirus. The producers have now confirmed the film will not be in cinemas until april 2021, acknowledging this would be disappointing for fans. I think you called that understatement. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello there. We have got a lot of rain to come this weekend across a good part of the uk. Rain that is likely to lead to some loc
Her government is obstructing the alex salmond inquiry, which is looking at the Scottish Governments handling of Sexual Harassment allegations against the former first minister. During angry exchanges at first ministers questions in the scottish parliament, Nicola Sturgeon said it was outrageous that she was being accused of not answering questions. Our scotland editor sarah smith reports. With her government under pressure to produce information, today Nicola Sturgeon herself was accused of breaking her word after promising to provide whatever material was requested by the salmond enquiry. Two years ago Nicola Sturgeon told the media with regards to the salmond case, i relish the prospect to answer all and every question. Well on todays performance, the question is when can she start . First minister. 0k. It is outrageous that i am in a position right now of having given written evidence to this committee two months ago, it hasnt been published, thats not down to me, i have not been i
The Greater Manchester fire and rescue service has apologised for its response to the Manchester Arena attack three years ago, saying it was neither adequate nor effective. At the Public Inquiry the lawyer representing Fire Fighters admitted that it was unacceptable that it took two hours for them to arrive at the scene. Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports. Screaming it looks real enough, but this was a fake terror attack, a Training Exercise at the Trafford Centre a year before a real bomb exploded at Manchester Arena. During this rehearsal, the police failed to contact fire and ambulance teams, who took an hour and a half to arrive on the scene. Lessons should have been learned. But when the attack happened for real, similar mistakes were made again. It took two hours for firefighters to be sent to the arena. We would like to say to the families and victims that we are sorry that this happened. The inquiry will hear evidence from many individual gmfrs witnesses who still have pro